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  • AwesomeMania – 4/26/2019 – Live From Awesome Con!

    AwesomeMania – 4/26/2019 – Live From Awesome Con!

    Welcome to AwesomeMania!!

     

    Facebook Live Version:

    https://www.facebook.com/3Topics2Guys1Podcast/videos/2661820240556847/?sfnsn=mo
    This week on AwesomeMania Ben and Michael come to you live from Awesome Con where they are joined by Brian Massey of Castwave Studios, and Awesome Con Founder Ben Penrod.

     

    The gang talk about a variety of topics and answer crowd questions, and also argue with the crowd.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Friday, April 26th, 2019

    Have a question you want answered on the show? Ask us! Comment on here or on one of our Social Media outlets, and we’ll answer it.

  • Women’s Hockey News – 200 Women to Boycott for a Viable Long Term Hockey League

    Women’s Hockey News – 200 Women to Boycott for a Viable Long Term Hockey League

    A little before noon today over 200 professional female hockey players announced that they will be boycotting this upcoming season until the get a “Long-Term Viable” Professional Women’s Hockey League.

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    In the statement above that was released by around 200 professional female hockey players it states that it is time to create a sustainable league for Women’s hockey that will give them the abilities to have health insurance, have the ability to train adequately for games, and most importantly, making a livable wage playing hockey.

     

    A couple hours after the #ForTheGame announcement was made, NWHL put out the following statement:

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    In this statement from the NWHL, the biggest takeaway is that they have all intentions moving forward with the 2019-20 season, and that they will be offering increased salaries, and a 50-50 in revenue from sponsorships and media rights deals after long constructive and positive conversations with the NWHL Player’s Association over the past month.

     

    In regards to the NWHLPA, Director Anya Battaglino had the following statement when reached for comment on the news:

    “In the off season the NWHLPA has been working hard to continue to drive the betterment of our professional athletes every day. This announcement halts our ability to finally have the best players on one stage, and unfortunately sets the Women’s Hockey game backward. With the powerful opportunity we have this year to drive unprecedented growth, this new fragmentation will only slow that growth.”

     

    While examining Mrs. Battaglino’s statement here, we have to agree with her assessment on this situation. While yesterday, May 1st, marked the official end of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) as they closed their doors, the NWHL acted swiftly and added two more teams to their league with the prospects of a third team to make it an 8 team league when the initial announcement was made in an effort to give more women an opportunity to play professionally in the NWHL.

     

    Also, look at the growth of Women’s hockey in these last two years specifically. From the US Olympic Hockey Team winning the gold medal against Team Canada, to setting a US attendance record for a Women’s hockey game at the NWHL All Star Game in Nashville, to having Kendall Coyne Schofield becoming the first woman to participate in the NHL All Star Skills Competition. These women have made great gains only to halt it’s momentum to a near dead halt, and it’s a damn shame.

     

    Do these women deserve to play professionally, and make a living wage doing so? Oh hell yes they do. They deserve it, and most importantly they’ve earned it, but what they are doing does not seem like the way to go about it. While we don’t have the answers here ourselves, we do believe that there has to be a better way to accomplish the ultimate goal, and that is to have the ultimate professional Women’s hockey league that brings great stability and a long term viable option for women to play the game.

     

    We do know that one player has spoken out against the #ForTheGame movement as reported by The Ice Garden, and that is Boston Pride player Kaleigh Fratkin.

     

    We will have more here on TXHT as everything unfolds, but to quote our Connecticut Whale writer Christopher Vasilas ( @shaggy901516 ):

    “We’re definitely at the crossroads, every decision by the league and players is gonna have huge impact on future generations”

  • Round 2 Game 4 Recap – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    Round 2 Game 4 Recap – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    STL Leads 2-1

     

    Game Recap:

    The St. Louis Blues come into Game 4 looking to take home ice away from the Dallas Stars again, and extend their series lead. However, it would be the Stars who would start the game aggressively and get the first five shots on goal, but it would be a Jason Dickinson high sticking penalty that would give the Blues the powerplay and 18 seconds into the powerplay Vladimir Tarasenko would score his fifth of the playoffs to give the Blues an early 1-0 lead. Dickinson would make it up to his team though as he would get the puck past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at one a piece. Then in the final 3 minutes of the first period, Tyler Bozak would take an ill advised offensive zone penalty which would lead to Jason Spezza blasting a slapshot past a screened Binnington to give the Stars a 2-1 lead going into the first intermission.

     

    In the second period the Stars would continue their dominate play from the first period as John Klingberg would score to make it 3-1 for Dallas off of a very beautiful wrister that would get past Binnington who has looked spectacular while under seige during this game so far. Then later in the period the Stars would continue their dominating play as Roope Hintz would score his fifth of the playoffs as the Stars head into the second intermission leading 4-1.

     

    Going into the third period the St. Louis Blues played with a lot more urgency and would outshoot the Dallas Stars 12-5 in the period, but Ben Bishop would stand tall stopping all but one shot to guide the Stars to a 4-2 victory and even the series at two a piece.

     

    Lineups:

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

    Jordan Binnington

    Jake Allen

    Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jason Dickinson — Tyler Seguin — Mats Zuccarello

    Jamie Benn — Roope Hintz — Alexander Radulov

    Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

    Joel Hanley — Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Brett Ritchie, Taylor Fedun, Gavin Bayreuther, Landon Bow

    Injured: Stephen Johns (upper body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Jamie Oleksiak (lower body)

     

    First Period:

    Stars Penalty – 4:44 – Jason Dickinson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues PPG – 5:02 – Vladimir Tarasenko (5) from Vince Dunn (4) and Ryan O’Reilly (5)

    Stars Goal – 11:23 – Jason Dickinson (3) from Tyler Seguin (5) and Mats Zuccarello (5)

    Blues Penalty – 17:15 – Tyler Bozak 2 minutes for Interference

    Stars PPG – 19:08 – Jason Spezza (2) from Alexander Radulov (3) and Esa Lindell (3)

     

    End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 2

    Shots              08                12

    Faceoffs         09                13

    Hits               10                  11

    PP                 1/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Stars Goal – 9:26 – John Klingberg (2) from Tyler Seguin (6) and Mats Zuccarello (6)

    Stars Penalty – 10:33 – Radek Faksa 2 minutes for Holding

    Stars Goal – 17:28 – Roope Hintz (5) from Jamie Benn (7) and Alexander Radulov (4)

    Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Jordan Binnington (Jay Bouwmeester) 2 minutes for Roughing

    Blues Penalty – 20:00 – Jordan Binnington (Tyler Bozak) 2 minutes for Slashing

    Stars Penalty – 20:00 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

     

    End of 2nd – STL – 1        DAL – 4

    Shots               17                 26

    Faceoffs          17                 26

    Hits                 22                  24

    PP                   1/2                 1/1

     

    Third Period:

    Stars Penalty – 2:47 – Tyler Pitlick 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Goal – 13:44 – Robert Thomas (1) from Alex Pietrangelo (8) and Ryan O’Reilly (6)

     

    End of 3rd – STL – 2         DAL – 4

    Shots              29                   31

    Faceoffs        24                    35

    Hits               28                     30

    PP                 1/3                    1/2

     

    Next Up:

    Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    New York Islanders vs Carolina Hurricanes – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Carolina came out of the gate fast and furious. Taking a quick lead in the first and dictating a lot of the actions in period one. With the exception of a bad penalty in which the Islanders Devon Toews would get his first of the playoffs, it was a spotless period for the Hurricanes.

    The second period saw a lot of back and forth action with each team getting a goal and a penalty. But the Islanders couldn’t find the extra gas to pull away in this one. Which played right into Carolina’s game plan.

    The third period Captain clutch Justin Williams would come through and Teuvo Teravainen, along with Sebastian Aho would come through with goals of their own to make it 5-2 and a 3-0 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    New York

    NYI

    Defence

    Carolina

     

    GameDay:

     

     

    First Period:

    Carolina Goal – 6:41 – Teuvo Teravainen (4) assisted by Jaccob Slavin (11) and Dougie Hamilton (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 7:03 – Warren Foegele, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    NYI PP Goal – 8:20 – Devon Toews (1) assisted by Josh Bailey (2) and Jordan Eberle (4)

    Carolina Penalty – 10:25 – Brock McGinn, 2 minutes for Hooking

    NYI Penalty – 16:12 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Holding

    End of 1st – NYI – 1       CAR – 1

    Shots              10               12

    Faceoffs         10/20           10/20

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Carolina Penalty – 9:51 – Justin Faulk, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Carolina Goal – 11:58 – Justin Faulk (1) assisted by Warren Foegele (3) and Jordan Staal (4)

    NYI Goal – 14:13 – Josh Bailey (4) assisted by Tom Kuhnackel (4)

    NYI Penalty – 17:09 – Casey Cizikas, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – NYI- 2        CAR- 2

    Shots               20                 26

    Faceoffs        18/40           22/40

    Hits                18                  15

    PP                   1/3                  0/2

    Third Period:

    Carolina Goal – 10:15 – Justin Williams (2) assisted by Sebastian Aho (4)

    Carolina Goal – 19:02 – Teuvo Teravainen (5) assisted by Brett Pesce (5) and Jaccob Slavin(12)

    Carolina EN Goal – 19:55 – Sebastian Aho (3) assisted by Lukas Wallmark (4)

    End of 3rd – NYI – 2         CAR – 5

    Shots              30                   38

    Faceoffs      24/58             34/58

    Hits              28                    25

    PP                 1/3                   0/2

     

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Boston Bruins vs Columbus Blue Jackets – Round 2 – Game 3 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game three. Throwing the body around and clogging up the neutral zone, it looked like we’d see a classic Bruins game. But then tides changed with about 7 minutes to go in the 1st period. Columbus started to control play and throw their body around. With a few minutes left Boone Jenner beamed down the ice and undressed the Bruins defense and scored to give the Jackets a 1-0 heading into the intermission.

    Columbus picked right back up where they left off in the 1st period. Controlling the play and throwing their weight around. Matt Duchene added his 5th on the powerplay on a costly penalty by Brad Marchand. But with forty seconds to go in the 2nd period DeBrusk would come right up the middle and look to score. But the Ref waived the play dead and called it no goal. Refs decided to go upstairs to make sure and Goal-Review board called it a goal on a continuation.

    The third period would bring some serious pressure from the Bruins but they couldn’t beat Sergei Bobrovsky, as the Blue Jackets held on for a 2-1 series lead.

     

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

     

    GameDay:

     

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:17 – Nick Foligno, 2 minutes for Slashing

    Columbus Goal – 18:37 – Boone Jenner (1) assisted by Riley Nash (2) and Scott Harrington (4)

    Boston Penalty – 19:04 – Torey Krug, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 1st – BOS – 0       CBJ – 1

    Shots              12               10

    Faceoffs         9/22           13/22

    Hits                8                  17

    PP                 0/1                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Boston Penalty – 10:49 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus PP Goal – 12:42 – Matt Duchene (5) assisted by Nick Foligno (2) and Cam Atkinson (5)

    Boston Goal – 19:20 – Jake DeBrusk (2) assisted by David Krejci (5) and Karson Kuhlman (2)

    End of 2nd – BOS- 1        CBJ- 2

    Shots               22                 27

    Faceoffs        21/39           18/39

    Hits                21                  38

    PP                   0/1                  1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 11:18 – David Savard, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 11:35 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – BOS – 1         CBJ – 2

    Shots              37                   34

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits              28                    53

    PP                 0/2                   1/3

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

    Round 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars – Game 3 Recap

    St. Louis Blues v. Dallas Stars

    Series Tied 1-1

     

    Game Recap (Provided by @aew328123 Aryan):

    The St. Louis Blues came out with a much faster start than in Game 2, with Jaden Schwartz opening the scoring. While Alexander Radulov was able to tie the game at 1 for the Dallas Stars on a great play on the power play, the Blues seemed like they were in control of the game.

     

    The second period brought more of the same, but the tide seemed to be tilting in Dallas’s favor, but the Blues’ third line had an amazing shift, with great plays by Vince Dunn and Robert Thomas to set up an easy tap in for Tyler Bozak.

     

    The fireworks really started in the third, with teams trading quick goals. Andrew Cogliano scored to tie the game at 2, but Alex Pietrangelo followed that up with another goal to give the Blues a late 3-2 lead. However, Alex giveth, Alex taketh away as a poor clearing attempt directly set up Dallas’s third goal. Fortunately Pat Maroon knocked down featherweight Esa Lindell, and sniped the game winning goal. Game 4 is slated for Wednesday at 930 PM eastern in Dallas.

     

    Lineups:

    St. Louis Blues:

    Jaden Schwartz — Ryan O’Reilly — Vladimir Tarasenko

    Brayden Schenn — Oskar Sundqvist — David Perron

    Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

    Robby Fabbri — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

    Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

    Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

    Vince Dunn — Robert Bortuzzo

    Scratched: Joel Edmundson, Michael Del Zotto, Sammy Blais, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Jared Coreau

     

    Dallas Stars:

    Jamie Benn — Tyler Seguin — Alexander Radulov

    Jason Dickinson – Roope Hintz — Mats Zuccarello

    Andrew Cogliano — Radek Faksa — Blake Comeau

    Mattias Janmark — Justin Dowling — Jason Spezza

    Esa Lindell — John Klingberg

    Miro Heiskanen — Roman Polak

    Taylor Fedun — Ben Lovejoy

    Ben Bishop

    Anton Khudobin

    Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Valeri Nichushkin, Gavin Bayreuther, Joel Hanley, Brett Ritchie, Landon Bow, Julius Honka

    Injured: Jamie Oleksiak (lower body), Marc Methot (lower body), Martin Hanzal (back), Stephen Johns (upper body)

     

    First Period:

    Blues Goal – 1:27 – Jaden Schwartz (6) from Colton Parayko (5) and Ryan O’Reilly (4)

    Stars Penalty – 13:11 – Jamie Benn 2 minutes for Tripping

    Blues Penalty – 15:36 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Tripping

    Stars PPG – 17:12 – Alexander Radulov (5) from Jason Spezza (2) and Justin Dowling (2)

     

    End of 1st – STL – 1       DAL – 1

    Shots              10                11

    Faceoffs         08                12

    PP                  0/1                 1/1

     

    Second Period:

    Blues Penalty – :57 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Delay of Game

    Blues Goal – 8:30 – Tyler Bozak (2) from Robert Thomas (2) and Vince Dunn (3)

    Blues Penalty – 16:10 – Carl Gunnarsson 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Blues Penalty – 16:29 – Robert Bortuzzo 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Stars Penalty – 16:29 – Esa Lindell 2 minutes for Embellishment

     

    End of 2nd – STL – 2        DAL- 1

    Shots               25                 21

    Faceoffs          17                 29

    PP                   0/1                  1/4

     

    Third Period:

    Stars Penalty – 12:07 – Roman Polak 2 minutes for High Sticking

    Stars SHG – 13:06 – Andrew Cogliano (2) from Mattias Janmark (1)

    Blues Goal – 14:24 – Alex Pietrangelo (1) from Jay Bouwmeester (4) and Jaden Schwartz (2)

    Stars Goal – 15:52 – Tyler Seguin (3) from Miro Heiskanen (2) and Mats Zuccarello (4)

    Blues Goal – 18:22 – Pat Maroon (2) from Jay Bouwmeester (5) and Tyler Bozak (3)

    Blues Penalty – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for Delay of Game

     

    End of 3rd – STL – 4         DAL – 3

    Shots              34                   31

    Faceoffs        27                    45

    Hits               28                     29

    PP                 0/2                    1/4

     

    Next Up:

    Game 4 – St. Louis Leads 2-1

     

    Make sure to follow TXHT’s extensive Playoffs coverage on our 2019 NHL Playoffs page.

  • The Xperience -Awesome Con Recap

    The Xperience -Awesome Con Recap

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls it is that time of year where our favorite Washington DC convention Awesome Con has come and gone.

     

    For it’s seventh year in a row Awesome Con shattered expectations and once again delivered something for everyone to enjoy. From Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, and Wallace Shawn from “The Princess Bride” to Amy Jo Johnson from “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”, to Val Kilmer from films like “Tombstone” and “Batman Forever” plus many more from the film and tv medium to the likes of Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Connor from DC Comics “Harley Quinn” to Marguerite Bennett who is currently writing Boom Studios “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Beyond the Grid”, and so many more in the comic industry Awesome Con did not disappoint.

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    Michael with Awesome Con Celebrity Guest Cary Elwes. – Photo by Epic Photo Ops

     

    Plus with Pride Alley, Awesome Con Jr., and Future Con Awesome Con was able to deliver quality content for the LGBT community as well for children, and for science education.

     

    Interview with Kyle Higgins (Boom Studios “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”)

     

    Interview with Celebrity Guest Wes Johnson (Voice Actor for Fallout and Elder Scrolls video games)

     

    Awesome Con also had a great pro wrestling presence as WWE Hall of Famers Sting, Sgt. Slaughter, and 2019 Inductee Billy Gunn (Slaughter and Gunn appeared courtesy of RFVideo.com) were all in attendance, plus three spectacular panels featuring the likes of Phil Stamper and Nyla Rose (The New Rise of Pro Wrestling), Maki Roll (Pro Wrestling Connection for Marginalized Fans), and AwesomeMania’s own Michael Lindenbaum and Ben Taylor for the 7th Annual AwesomeMania.

     

    Overall Awesome Con was a great success, and will be returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center next year from May 1st to May 3rd 2020.

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    Michael with Detective Pikachu in the Awesome Con Jr. Section of Awesome Con.

     

    For more information on Awesome Con, visit them on their website today!

  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 2 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 2 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period of game two. Controlling the majority of possession and capitalizing on their only powerplay opportunity courtesy of Matt Grzelcyk 1st of the playoffs.

    Columbus jumped right back into the mix courtesy of Artemi Panarin who scored twice in the 2nd frame, while David Pastrnak scored for Boston in between the two Panarin goals.

    The third period would bring some back and forth play but no goals. Just back and forth which would lead us to overtime again for the 2nd period.

    The overtime would be back and forth all period with Rask making some brilliant saves and Bobrovsky doing the same. But nobody could find the back of the net. Second OT will bring the next opportunity.

    In the second overtime, the Blue Jackets would get a powerplay and capitalize on a rebound goal from Matt Duchene to tie the best of 7 series at one and head back to Boston.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 6:29 – Josh Anderson, 2 minutes for Interference

    Boston PP Goal – 7:50 – Matt Grzelcyk (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (4) and David Krejci (4)

    Boston Penalty – 20:00 – Brad Marchand, 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              6               9

    Faceoffs         8/23           15/23

    Hits               18                  15

    PP                 0/1                 1/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Goal – 1:03 – Artemi Panarin (3) assisted by Seth Jones (5) and Cam Atkinson (3)

    Boston Goal – 2:01 – David Pastrnak (3) assisted by Charlie Coyle (2) and Marcus Johansson (3)

    Boston Penalty – 6:36 – Zdeno Chara, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Columbus Penalty – 7:37 – Josh Anderson, 4 minutes for High Sticking

    Columbus Goal – 8:01 – Artemi Panarin (4) assisted by Seth Jones (6)

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 2        BOS- 2

    Shots               19                 13

    Faceoffs        23/45           22/45

    Hits                36                  30

    PP                   1/2                  1/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 10:48 – Cam Atkinson, 2 minutes for Tripping

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              26                   21

    Faceoffs      27/58             31/58

    Hits               42                    35

    PP                 1/2                   1/4

    Overtime Period 1:

     Boston Penalty – 10:48 – Charlie McAvoy, 2 minutes for High Sticking

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              36                   31

    Faceoffs      35/81             46/81

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 1/3                   1/4

    Overtime Period 2:

    Columbus Goal – 3:42 – Matt Duchene (4) assisted by Artemi Panarin (5) and Cam Atkinson (4)

    End of OT – CBJ – 3         BOS – 2

    Shots              41                   31

    Faceoffs      36/85            49/85

    Hits               49                    42

    PP                 2/4                  1/4

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  • TXHT Post Mortem – A Caps Fan’s Point of View

    TXHT Post Mortem – A Caps Fan’s Point of View

    With the Washington Capitals 2018-19 season over, there are a lot of opinions about the team, but we here at TXHT look to our good friend John Chick who wrote an amazing Post Mortem to this season.

     

    John, the floor is yours good sir…

     

    Here’s my post-mortem, for what it’s worth:

    1. Despite the sudden crowning of Barry Trotz as hockey’s version of Bill Belichick, he was one game away from being fired last year as the Caps coach. Reirden’s Caps won their division, so if it’s time to fire Reirden, then John Cooper in Tampa should’ve already been fired, along with Vegas’ coach. I loved Trotz, but let’s do a little deeper analysis than “Fire the Coach”, which seems to be the social media norm.

    2. For whatever reason, the Caps forgot how to win in the playoffs, choosing the ‘fancy’ goals over the dirty goals. Carolina had 3 players funneling to the net on every shot. The Caps usually chose not to shoot, and when they did, they rarely had more than one player anywhere near the net.

    3. The Caps also reverted to the old form of having the stars perform well enough to win, and the rest of the team serving as spectators. They won the Cup last year specifically because all four lines contributed, so opponents couldn’t just concern themselves with shutting down the first line.

    4. Losing Kempny was big. What I liked about him most is that he wouldn’t hesitate to shoot, so while he wasn’t at the same level as Nate Schmidt, he was equivalent. Nick Jensen doesn’t shoot, so we essentially have one defenseman who can (or more importantly)/will shoot. Having a big shot like Carlson isn’t even necessary – just put it on net.

    5. The slingshot – doesn’t work. They also used to place Oshie or someone else right in the slot on the PP which gave it another wrinkle and made the defense lay off Ovie. No idea why they tried to fix something that wasn’t broken.

    6. And finally – The Caps are the 2018 Stanley Cup Champions – something I thought I’d never live to see. They get a pass from me for getting bounced in the first round by what turned out to be a good team.

     

    John is a good friend of Michael, Aryan, and Chris.

     

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  • Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 1 Recap

    Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins – Round 2 – Game 1 Recap

    Game Recap:

    Bruins came to play in the first period outshooting Columbus 14-4 and killing off two Blue Jacket Powerplays and scoring what seemingly was a goal Sergei Bobrovsky would love to have back to complete an almost perfect 1st period on home ice. Columbus looks a step behind which could be a case of rust – after having such a long layoff.

    Columbus took a step forward in the second period taking their game up a notch and controlling most of the play. Upping their physicality and getting into the face of Rask.

    The third period would bring some real excitement with the Blue Jackets making an epic comeback in a matter of 13 seconds to take a 2-1 lead into the last 5 minutes of the period. That’s where Boston native Charlie Coyle would take over this game, Scoring with  5 minutes left to tie the game and take it to overtime.

    The overtime would be all Boston and once again Charlie Coyle would seal the deal 5 minutes into the overtime period and give the Bruins  1-0 lead in the best of seven series.

    Lineups:

    Bruins 

    Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

    Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — Marcus Johansson

    Danton Heinen — Charlie Coyle — Karson Kuhlman

    Sean Kuraly — Joakim Nordstrom — Noel Acciari

     

    Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

    Brandon Carlo — Torey Krug

    Matt Grzelcyk — John Moore

     

    Tuukka Rask

    Jaroslav Halak

    Scratched: Steven Kampfer

    Injuries: Connor Clifton

     

    Columbus

    Artemi Panarin — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Olivier Bjorkstrand

    Ryan Dzingle — Matt Duchene — Cam Atkinson

    Alexandre Texier — Nick Foligno — Josh Anderson

    Riley Nash — Boone Jenner — Brandon Dubinsky

     

    Zach Werenski — Seth Jones

    Dean Kukan — David Savard

    Scott Harrington — Adam Clendening

     

    Sergei Bobrovsky

    Joonas Korpisalo

    Scratched: Alexander Wennberg,

    Injuries: Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Adam McQuaid

    GameDay:

    First Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 3:19 – Scott Harrington, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 4:37 – Marcus Johansson, 2 minutes for Too Many Men

    Boston Penalty – 9:20 – Charlie Coyle, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Boston SH Goal – 10:34 – Noel Acciari (1) assisted by Charlie McAvoy (3)

    End of 1st – CBJ – 0       BOS – 1

    Shots              4                14

    Faceoffs         6/15            9/15

    Hits               13                  12

    PP                 0/2                 0/1

    Second Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 2:56 – Riley Nash, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 5:16 – David Krejci, 2 minutes for Tripping

    Boston Penalty – 14:47 – Patrice Bergeron, 2 minutes for Hooking

    Columbus Penalty – 18:48 – Zach Werenski, 2 minutes for Interference

    End of 2nd – CBJ- 0        BOS- 1

    Shots               14                 20

    Faceoffs        19/38           19/38

    Hits                 25                  18

    PP                   0/4                  0/3

    Third Period:

    Columbus Penalty – 1:20 – Boone Jenner, 2 minutes for Holding

    Columbus Goal – 7:39 – Riley Nash  (2) assisted by Seth Jones (3) and Boone Jenner (3)

    Columbus Goal – 7:52 – Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) assisted by Artemi Panarin (4) and Seth Jones (4)

    Boston Goal – 15:25 – Charlie Coyle (4) assisted by Marcus Johansson (1) and Torey Krug (4)

    End of 3rd – CBJ – 2         BOS – 2

    Shots              21                   33

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               37                     28

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

    Overtime Period:

    Boston Goal – 5:15 – Charlie Coyle (5) assisted by Marcus Johansson (2) and Danton Heinen (3)

    End of OT – CBJ – 2         BOS – 3

    Shots              22                   37

    Faceoffs      26/56             30/56

    Hits               40                    31

    PP                 0/4                   0/4

     

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